John Boy Saint

Always been impressed, absolute steal at the generous £750k we gave Rangers. In fear of being slapped down the only analogy I can think of is: a cultured intelligent Richard Chaplow.

What a nasty attack of Schadenfreude! I would have thought Newcastle would be a bit of a giggle!

Why not, plenty of games left, be a giggle to see in all done in one game.

Seems to be in the genetic make up of Saints, donkeys years ago even when we were nowhere near the danger zone, we would lose against a teams below us and my Grandad would always comment "typical Saints beat the teams above them, struggle against the ones below them: been the same for years". That was back in the 80s.

Thank you Shroppie: the home measure fog was beginning to descend when I posted so missed out the punchline warm up.

The FA Cup should be the Full Stop to the domestic season.

If he wants out can't see The Don letting him go for a loss. So unless he pulls his finger out he will be festering here for a while, also can't see The Sheriff or The Don tolerating a Billy big Bo11ocks attitude from anyone regardless of their price tag.

Anyone see the Karren Brady interview with Piers Morgan, quite interesting when you see how young she was when put in charge of Birmingham City regardless of what you may instantly think of her it's pretty impressive. I liked the yarn about going on the team bus to Newcastle using the toilet on the bus, on the way back to her seat one of the players shouted out " I can see your Tits from here!", the next week She sold that player to Tranmere and she never heard a sexist comment after that. Even rinsed Barry Fry early on and earned his respect, which from the outside is no mean feat.

Nice strike

Martin Keown in the Daily Snail on Saturday is just as bad he has us down for a plucky defeat nearly every Saturday. Although the guest pundit who is a current playing professional is a bit more realistic for us, Jack Cork had a go a couple of weeks back. Last Saturday Craig Bellamy had a go: Keown had us down for a 1-2 defeat Bellamy 1-3. This Saturday should be interesting as our game is one of those you can't realistically call due to the all the luggage surrounding it: so I guess he will go with the draw.

What nice well spoken young man.

The route to the final when the group stages are over in 4 games time looks interesting: and very open. http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/matchday/barclays-u21-premier-league-tables.html?paramYouthStage=KNOCKOUT

Needs flash, there is a way of doing it which someone on here is bound to be able to apply.

7 Acts left to get through yet, before that bit!!

You do realise that there will be Nippers on here, thinking this lot are having a laugh: 32p for Beer! £5 lasting a week!! "Come on Grandad, tell us some more lie......... Stories" ​makes me feel a little old too

Really!?!? And amazingly it was still only £2.50 for our game v Forest nearly 3 years later on the 17th March 1979 at the same venue! 1976 Pint of Beer 32p, 20 Smokes 45p, inflation hitting 20 odd percent and the average wage £70 a week for Gents.

Little did we know S O U T H A M P T O N was "being engraved" on the cup as it hit the back of the net.

We can now add Mr Potato Head to the Unexpected Saints Fans Thread from last week! Apologies to the gentleman in question, should he see this!

I was amazed to see that Luke Shaw was 6' 1" when reading the article on him in Saturdays programme. Seems like he has his head screwed on too. Hopefully with the likes of Shaw, JWP, and even Morgan having travelled the same route they are on, some of the nippers will be inspired to drive on for a first team place. Add to this a sprinkle of Jack Corks experience at Chelsea and hopefully those who do make the grade will realise the benefit of sticking around whilst they are young.

Without a doubt! Even from the Chapel you could see him get the ball while running forwards, look to the line to see the Lino running long "beside" him with him flag down in front of him, you could see the comedy double take go through his mind, by which time he had closed himself down. As Gary Neville said on MNF "Rickie is a player who will not blink when the situation arises".

21 points on the table still plenty of twists and turns, although Arry giving it out in public on his players does not help his cause. The Fat lady is still only choosing her Frock!!

Goes to Reading already in a win win situation, takes over while they are jumping up and down on the trapdoor, £1m+ in his skyrocket if he pulls the Rabbit out of the hat, 3 year contract at a team where the expectations are more realistic than Leeds. If its true he lives Winchester way, then there's no need to move house again.

I always remember queuing up outside the Megastore for our Yellow cup final shirt, the players were just leaving SMS to travel away (might have been to Man City for the last game), my Wife was ambling back to me in the queue in her own little world heading for an imminent collision with Beattie he stopped she looked up in stunned surprise when she saw who it was from under 2 feet: she is a petite 5'2" and I was surprised at how trim he actually was in his casual clothes compared to when you saw him on the pitch.

I am stunned at how low some people's opinion of Yoshida is. Outside the box the simple pass does go awry at times, but inside the box he is the dominant CB reading the game very well and surgical with his tackles and interceptions. The fact that he has become the constant in defence with Jos and Jose coming in and out under NA and now MP must point to the fact that he is highly thought of. Seems to have an old head on young shoulders which leads me to believe he will mature into an even better CB for us.

Oh Ok! Seeing as you asked so nicely. Steve Williams Lays on more balls than Fiona Richmond!